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A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or lamellae) of a steel comb.
Chūshingura (忠臣蔵, The Treasury of Loyal Retainers) is the title given to fictionalized accounts in Japanese literature, theater, and film that relate to the historical incident involving the forty-seven rōnin and their mission to avenge the death of their master, Asano Naganori.
Made from red sandalwood and ranging from 1.1 to 1.4 metres (3 ft 7 in to 4 ft 7 in) long, the shamisen has ivory pegs, strings made from twisted silk, and a belly covered in cat or dog skin or a synthetic skin. [a] The strings, which are of different thickness, are plucked or struck with a tortoise shell, ivory or synthetic ivory pick.
Music portal This category is for articles about musical instrument makers from the Asian country of Japan . Classification : People : By occupation : Artisans / Music people : Musical instrument makers : By nationality : Japanese
Japanese enamel work became sought after in the west and sourced many pieces from Toshima, which is the origin of Owari cloisonne. As of 1918, at least fifty cloisonné artists worked there. [2] The company was given an Imperial Warrant of Appointment to the Japanese court. Ando cloisonné was also presented as state gifts.
Saegusa is best known for his opera version Chushingura of the well-known kabuki epic of the Forty-seven Ronin/Chūshingura with a libretto by the novelist Shimada Masahiko. Written over a period of 10 years, the opera was most recently performed at the New National Theatre, Tokyo in 2002.
Chushingura was distributed by Toho in Japan on November 3, 1962. [1] The film was Toho's fourth highest-grossing film of 1962 and was the 10th highest-grossing film in Japan that year. [4] The film was released by Toho International with English subtitles and an English narration by Michael Higgins with a 108-minute running time on October 10 ...
Horagai (法 螺 貝) (or jinkai 陣 貝) are large conch shells, usually from Charonia tritonis, that have been used as trumpets in Japan for many centuries. The instrument, which has served a number of purposes throughout Japanese history, has been given a number of Japanese names depending on its function. Special schools still teach ...